Detachable button for gloves, &amp;c.



PATENTED JUNE-12, 1906.

H. KERNGGOD. DETACHABLE BUTTON FOR GLOVES, Kw.

APPLIOATION FILED 1558.8, 1905.

UNITED STATES Pn ENT OFFICE.

HERMAN KERNGOOD, or BAhTIMORE, MARYLAND. ASSIGNOR To THE ALMA BUTTON COMPANY or BALTIMORE CITY, A CORPORATION.

DETACHAB-LE BUTTON FOR GLOVES. doc.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 12, 1 906.

7 '0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMAN Knnnc'oon, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore city, State of Maryland, have invented new and useful Improvements in Detachable Buttons for Gloves, &c.', of which the following is a s ecification.

My invention re ates to an improvement in detachable buttons for gloves, plackets, and the like; and it consists, mainly, inabindingring adapted to inclose and form a sup ort for the outer edge of the split flange 0 the socket of the female section of the button.

It further consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter described and pointed out in the claim. 7

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional view of this socket member of the female section, showing the binding-ring at the outer edge thereof. Fig. 2 is a view of this same part with the cap assembled. Fig. 3 is a view in perspective of the binding-ring. Fig. 4 is a view showing the parts assembled and themale section in the socket, and Figs. 5 and 6 are views of the two parts of the male section or member of the button. I

A'represents the female and B the male section or member of the button, and the numeral 1 indicates the socket of the female section, it comprising the main cylindrical portion at the center and the restricted or reduced upper end 2, which is adapted toenter the orifice 3 in the cap 4 and be u set, as shown in Fi s. 2 and 4, whereby t e two partsname the socket and cap-are assembled an permanently held together, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4. The lower end of the socket portion is bent outwardly in the form of a circumferential flange 5, the outer edge of which is offset into a hi her plane, as shown at 6. The lower half of t 's socket-section is split into two or more sections by means of t e slits 7 7, which afl'ord resiliency to the mouth of the socket. A ring Sis fitted to the outer edge of the flange 5, the lower flange of this ring 8 fitting beneath the offset portion 6 and lyin r ap roximately flush with the surface of tie an e preferably, while thou turned flange 0 the ring is spun around t e u per surface of the flan e 5, thus forming a b1ndingring therefor. hisri affords lateral support for the lower end 0 the socketsection, preventing its being spread beyond its required and prescribed limitations, thus preventing this lower end from spreading unduly and taking a ermanent set, which it would be liable to 0 without this bindingring, the presence of which adds greatly to the efiiciency, elasticity, resiliency, and durabilit of the button, the spring re lured for the a mission of the male section eing. confined to the mouth of the socket, which mouth is formed by the roll 16 of the metal forming the member and which ieldin or spreading is resisted at the outer edge of the flange 5 by reason of the support afforded by the binding rin at that point.

he male section consists of the head 9 and hollow rivet 10, as heretofore, the hollow rivet being s read inside of the head and its flange 11 1101 ng the cloth, leather, or other material 1 2 betweenit and the flan e 13 of the head. It is understood, of course, 1'. at the material 14 to which the female section is secured is held between the cap 4 and the Han e 5, as shown in Fig. 2, and that cap 4 is me e up of two arts, as shown in the drawings.

1th this construction, as is customary in this type of button, to button or fasten the parts it is simply necessary to force or snap the male section into the socket, when the.

parts will be held together, and to unfasten the parts the reverse action takes place.

A button thus constructed is strong and durable, is easy and simple to construct, and can be placed on the market at a comparatively small initial cost. At the same time it is easy to o crate and efiicient in the performance of its unctions.

; Slight changes might be resorted to in the form and arrangement of the several parts described without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention, and hence do not wis to limit myself to the exact construction herein set forth; but,

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

As an article of manufacture, the combination of a button com risi a cap havin an orifice in its lower si e, an a knurled soc etsection, the shank of which is thickened at its extreme end and inserted into the orifice in the cap and upset therein, the lower open end of said socket-section being split to give it resiliency, the interior being enlar ed to a greater diameter than the outer on to form an enlarged socket, the lower end of the socket gortion being split and bent outwardly orming a circumferential flange, the outer edge beingiofl'set forming two planes one 5 higher than the other, a ring fitted around the outer edge of the flange beneath the offset portion and spun around and over the uplper surface of the offset portion, the interna diameter of the ring being of slightly 10 greater diameter than the flange to permit of the expansion of the flan e within the ring, substantially as describe and for the purpose as set forth.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HERMAN KERNGOOD.

Witnesses:

E. WALTON BREWINGTON, J. AKHILLEARY, JR. 

